Job scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

they want you to collect and forward money in any way (a "money mule" job). You'll wind up engaged in money laundering, personally defrauded via expertly forged cheques, money orders, etc, or defrauding someone else who pays for goods that never arrive.

they want you to receive packages and reship them somewhere else. The goods will have been obtained fraudulently, and they're just using you to make the shipping address appear local. You will be aiding fraud.

they want up-front payment (either to them or someone else) of any sort for anything before you can get the job. This is advance fee fraud: there is no job -- it's just a big con to extract money from you.

they want you to buy any kind of "membership" or "kit" in order to start. Forget it -- it's not a real job at all: they're trying to sell you something, and they're probably making a bunch of other false claims about it if they're pitching it as a "job".

it's a job offer, and it's spam. There are LOTS of these scams about, as you can see.

We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Usa, Canada and Europe as well as making payments through you to us. our company . LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD was established in 2002.

We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Australia.

If you are interested in transacting business with us.we will be very glad,subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in Europe,America and Australia.

FROM LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD. Zhejiang, China. Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr.Lee Yang,CEO.LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD. We export raw materials, such as Calcite,Barytes, Manganese Dioxide ,Dolomite, Mica , China Clay, MangneseDioxide,Ferrous(Iron ) Oxide,Paints,Rubber, Plastics, Construction chemicals and we export from Asia into Europe,America and Australia. We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Usa, Canada and Europe as well as making payments through you to us. our company . LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD was established in 2002. We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Australia. If you are interested in transacting business with us. we will be very glad,subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in Europe,America and Australia. Please if you are interested forward 1.YOUR NAME: 2.CONTACT ADDRESS: 3.YOUR COMPANY ADDRESS: 4.OCCUPATION: 5.COUNTRY: 6.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS: 7.SEX: Regards. Mr.Lee Yang LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD NO 1,Maanshan Road Zhejiang, China.

We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Usa, Canada and Europe as well as making paymentsthrough you to us. our company . LIN YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD was established in 2002.

We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Australia.If you are interested in transacting business with us.we will be very glad.Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in Europe,America and Australia.Please if you are interested forward

Greetings.Would you be interested in a home job that allows you to earn up to $10000 per month? No start up fees, no "envelope stuffing" nonsense.

We proudly present AMATO Logistics' CEO

The job we offer will not affect your present career, it will only take a small part of your time. The only things you need to have to start running your business with our company are reliable Internet/E-mail access and checking/savings bank account. And of course your decency and willingness to earn.

The first vacancy is Transfer manager:The nature of the job is payment processing. It is related to online banking operating the funds from either our company or our partners to designated bank account approved by our manager keeping specified money transaction fee as a commission for your services (usually between $150 to $500, no less than $150 per transfer).

You will receive the funds which our customers/resellers send directly to you and forward it to us or our agents (less your commission)via one of chosen money transfer agencies.The job is rather simple and you won't need any special knowledge to become our partner, though we do require that you are able to act on a very short notice. We can afford to pay such a decent commission only because we keep our customers happy with our promptness.

And the second is Shipment manager:The job we offer is related to mail. It is an easy part time job that doesn't require leaving your main occupation. You will be receiving mail and packages for our clients, either repack them or ship them further out following our managerвЂ™s instructions.

For those who look for career opportunities it's a chance of becoming a part of our team in the future (based on your performance), team in which you will be highly respected and decently rewarded - just think about this! We will be hoping to hear from you soon. ylbiz@offshorepost.hk

If you would like to get our application form please email us with your request. No fees are asked, just leave your contact details: "

Write us to: ylbiz@offshorepost.hk

We would appreciate your continued patronage and get in touch with you soon. Thank you!

-----------------------------------I got this s few days ago. They almost gotme till they talked about adding my bankaccount no and routing-- I was like..,. um nope

Ha ha ha I just got a letter with fax number and email saying that there is a person with the same name as mine in China, who died in a freaky accidnet and how hasnt claimed a lot of his money from his bank (HuaXia Bank), and because we have this same name he found me and want me to share this fortune with him. Half, half. Thats fair. NOT!!!!

Fax +86 206 282 4624Yangl20@yahooo.com

I am reporting this to the police now!

REMEMBER IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi as all of the above he actually contacted me by phone we have a trace on him parasite he even speeks with an african accent not chinese mmm he did get angry with me as I lead him on quite a bit its the poor sods out there who I feel sorry for Don't Belive these people. There time will come.

yes yet another lee yang letter loli did my own investigation on him via huaxia bank & guess what he doesn`t work for them but there is a close name for the business relations manager a mr liu jinliang.in my letter it was a mr Alfred turner that had died leaving $8.35 million united states dollars & he traced me through an investigater mmmmm there must be hundreds of turners in the uk with this letter .how did he get to me ????????

his email is lee.yang46@yahoo.comhis phone no +86-2028893146fax +86-2062824624

re alfred turner above comment im still keeping him going at the moment he rang me today to let me know he sent an email wanting my name & address ( strange he sent me a letter so he should have that ) lollets see how far this goes will post when i get more :-)

re mr yang & mr alfred turner .he has sent me another email saying he has put up $25,000 for the solicitors to sort out the paperwork required to sort out the inheritance not asked for any money from me yet!!! he has said the money he has put up will come out of the inheritance before we split it :-)i have past all his emails & letters onto the police and they are very interested in him , and are puting a trace on my phone so lets hope they can catch the git

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This blog is an offshoot of iDeceive, which documents deceptive Internet activity. For more general information, please go to that blog. All entries posted here are employment scams. If you've received an email that resembles anything posted here, you'd be well advised to assume that the sender wants to exploit you, not employ you.
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What is a money mule?

The vast majority of job scams seek to recruit money mules, usually under titles like "financial manager", "payment processor", "transaction specialist", or just plain "representative" or even "partner". The job of a money mule is to be a financial middle-man, accepting payment in one form, and forwarding it (minus a fee) to another party, usually via Western Union. Scammers employ money mules to launder money on their behalf: the mule is responsible for converting a fraudulent transaction of some kind into quick, anonymous cash, usually transferred via Western Union or some similar scheme. Scammers send out a lot of job ads for money mule positions and never refuse an applicant because they are disposable: money mules either get ripped off directly (as when they are persuaded to bank a forged cheque or money order which is later dishonoured by the bank), or take the blame for defrauding someone else (as with most payments involving direct bank transfer, PayPal, or similar). Don't make an ass of yourself: don't be a money mule.